By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: BJD Rajya Sabha MP and Party’s General Secretary(Media Affairs), Manas Mangaraj has all his praise for Berhampur Police led by young IPS Officer, Sravana Vivek M, for arresting as many as 6 Dalals in filmy style at MKCG Medical College and Hospital.
MP Mangaraj said, the way police acted on middle was highly commendable efforts and Ganjam model is setting precedent not only in Odisha but also across India.
‘#Ganjam model is setting precedent not only in #Odisha but also across India.Posing as patients, @SP_BERHAMPUR arrested 7 ‘Dalals’ (brokers) from #MKCG Hospital, Berhampur.Highly commendable efforts by the police in ending the menace of middlemen. @CMO_Odisha@MoSarkar5T,’ BJD MP Manas Mangaraj tweeted @manasrmangaraj.
Sources said, in the past few days repeated complaints were received from general public and patients coming to MKCG that some Dalals were taking patients who come for treatment at MKCG to outside Labs , scan centres , medical stores and even hospitals for BSKY treatment. On 18.10.2022 a 15 member Police team was formed.
Police personnel disguised as patients and went to OPD counters , Pathology lab, Radiology department and medical stores and behaved like patients looking out for Dalas. The police team nabbed six culprits who were inducing the people coming to MKCG, MCH, Berhampur to get their treatment at Private clinic and Hospitals, medical stores and scan centres.
They were misguiding people saying that there is no facility at Govt Hospital for better treatment and if the patient wished for better treatment at MKCG, MCH, Berhampur the culprits were collecting money from the relatives of the patients for providing the free service of the Government at MKCG, MCH, Berhampur also.
Total 15 Police Personnels including SDPO, B.Town, IIC, B.N Pur PS and SI I/C of Medical OP have took part in this raid. Six accused persons are arrested and forwarded to the court. Investigation is continuing. Police team will be deployed to keep a watch on Dalas.
